People

Dr. Muntasir Chowdhury joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in August 2024. He graduated from Ohio State University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. During this time, he was a laboratory teaching assistant for the undergraduate chemistry course, where his joy of teaching started. He also worked in the basic science laboratory in chemistry as a research assistant. Furthermore, he volunteered at Ohio State Medical Center as well as volunteering with the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He went back to West Virginia to attend medical school at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. During medical school, Dr. Chowdhury volunteered with the Marshall Medical Outreach organization, assisting with the medical needs of the underserved community in Huntington, West Virginia. Dr. Chowdhury took dedicated time off as a medical student to do research at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in cardiac surgery and structural heart disease, where he learned the foundation for clinical outcome-based research. Upon receiving his medical degree in 2021, Dr. Chowdhury pursued his internship in internal medicine at Marshall Medical School and completed the remainder of his residency at Trinity Health System in Ohio. During his residency, he helped teach his co-residents the basics of point-of-care ultrasound.

Jaspur Min Coleman, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She received her medical degree from Washington University and completed her internal medicine residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She cares for patients on the clinical hospitalist services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, and The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis.  Dr. Coleman enjoys attending on the teaching service with the medicine residents and medical students. She also assists in recruitment of internal medicine residency candidates as an interviewer. Dr. Coleman serves on the recruitment committee and is the co-chair of the social/wellness committee for DHM.

Tony Dao, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine.  He is from Dayton, OH and completed medical school at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown, OH.  He is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and graduate medical education.  He directs OUTmed, an organization for LGBTQIA+ trainees, faculty and staff, and he is an associate program director for the IM Residency Program.  Clinically, he attends on the inpatient teaching services and direct care services.  His favorite part of the job is getting the opportunity to work with the internal medicine residents.

Lakshman Darsi, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine with 30 years of dedicated service as a hospitalist at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital. He has an interest in the direct care of patients on the hospitalist service along with teaching responsibilities to residents and medical students. He aids in the recruitment of new faculty to the division and serves on the Social/Wellness Committee.

Dr. Elisa De Togni joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University in June 2024 as an Instructor in Medicine. She completed her undergraduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry/biochemistry with Departmental Honors in Chemistry. She then pursued her medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. During medical school, she received an NIH NHLBI Research Training Grant and presented her research at the American Society of Hematology conference. She actively participated in various groups, including the Music in Medicine Initiative and the Oncology student interest group, and served as a medical student liaison for the Hematology-Oncology academic course. Dr. De Togni completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University from 2021 to 2024. She has been involved in ongoing research in Hematology-Oncology, particularly in Bone Marrow Transplant medicine, and was recognized with the American Society of Hematology Abstract Achievement Award. She also participated in the Global Health program during her residency, gaining experience in Hematology and General Medicine practice in Accra, Ghana.

Bethany Dement, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She works on the oncology and bone marrow transplant services, and she has an interest in teaching medical students rotating on these services. Additionally, she serves on the hospitalist BMT/Oncology committee.

Radha Devi, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She did her residency in Chicago and worked as a hospitalist in one of the Mayo Clinic satellite locations prior to joining the division in 2017. She is the Co-Director of the recruitment committee for the division. Radha has interests in patient safety and quality improvement and serves on the patient safety and quality committee within the Division of Hospital Medicine.  She serves as the Medical Director for the North Campus Medicine Floors 7900 and 8900. She cares for patients on the direct hospitalist service, FIRM medicine, and BMT, and is involved in teaching residents and medical students. Other areas of interest include interprofessional teamwork, advancement of women, and diversity initiatives within the division.

Dr. Erin Dyer joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine in August of 2024. She grew up in Oxford, Mississippi and attended college at the University of Mississippi, where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese in 2015. She attended medical school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, where she was inducted into both Alpha Omega Alpha and the Gold Humanism Honors Society and graduated cum laude in 2020. She completed her Internal Medicine internship and residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. During residency, she was chosen to be a member of the Washington University Teaching Physicians Pathway. She created a series of educational online modules on the interpretation of urinalysis, synovial fluid studies, and liver function tests and additional modules on diagnosis and treatment of small vessel vasculitis. After residency, she served as the Ambulatory Chief Resident for the Internal Medicine Residency Program for the year 2023-2024, during which she had a key role in managing all administrative aspects of the Primary Care Medicine Clinic at the Center for Outpatient Health. Her areas of interest include graduate medical education, transitions between inpatient and outpatient care, and caring for medically complex patients, with an emphasis on coordinating care between subspecialists. In addition to her clinical responsibilities with the Division of Hospital Medicine, she also spends part of her time as an attending in the Primary Care Medicine Clinic.

Cady Edwards, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine and serves as co-director of the Medicine Triage Attending service. She spends most of her clinical time as a nocturnist taking care of patients overnight. She serves on the patient care operations committee and has special interest in patient throughput, triage, and distribution overnight. She also works at Barnes-Jewish West County and serves on the Barnes-Jewish West County Pharmacy & Therapeutics committee. She is a recent recipient of the Covid STAR award recognizing significant clinical contributions during the Covid-19 pandemic. She has a special interest in physician wellness, particularly for full time nocturnists.

Lauren Elliott, DNP, is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She received her BSN at Goldfarb School of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri. She started her nursing career in acute care medicine at BJH in 2015. She received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice at University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL). She joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University as an NP in 2023.

Tim Evans, MD, is an Instructor in Medicine and Pediatrics within the respective Divisions of Hospital Medicine. He attends as a hospitalist on both the hospitalist and oncology services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH). He attends as a hospitalist/nocturnist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) on both teaching and non-teaching teams and provides direct care to pediatric patients in the emergency departments of several community hospitals. He serves on the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Committee, with an active role in safety event reviews at BJH. Areas of interest include medical education, patient safety and quality improvement (PSQI), curriculum development in PSQI, and mentorship.

Arafat Ali Farooqui, MD, is an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine. He received his medical degree from the King Edward Medical University Lahore, Pakistan and completed his internal medicine residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He has a special interest in oncology and cardiology with particular focus on performing systematic reviews and conducting meta-analyses. He works as an attending physician on the General Medicine and Oncology hospitalist services.

Safa Farrag, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Fellow of the American College of Physicians. She is dual board certified for both the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP). She has special interest and experience in implementing Quality methodology and Safety tools to provide high value care and improve outcomes. Dr. Farrag attends General Medicine Inpatient Teaching service (FIRM medicine), Consults service, and Hospitalist Direct Care.  She has published several articles on quality improvement and women’s health, and has won several awards for the best QI projects and for her dedication to teaching and patient care service.